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Vespiquen Beehive Pokémon ビークイン Beequen #416 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Bug Flying Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Pressure Cacophony Cacophony Unnerve Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 100% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Bug Hatch time 15 cycles
Height 3'11" 1.2 m Vespiquen 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 84.9 lbs. 38.5 kg Vespiquen 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 188 Gen. IV Unknown IV 166 V+	Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Vespiquen 0 HP 0 Atk 1 Def 0 Sp.Atk 1 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Yellow	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Vespiquen (Japanese: ビークイン Beequen) is a dual-type Bug/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

It evolves from a female Combee starting at level 21.

Biology

Vespiquen's grubs

Vespiquen is a bee-like Pokémon with yellow and black striped abdomen resembling an elegant ballroom gown. Underneath the expansive abdomen are honeycomb-like cells that serve as a nest for baby Combee. However, it appears to have a slender, more insect-like abdomen in the centermost cell, which is inconspicuous as the ‘dress’ usually obstructs the view of it. Vespiquen has black, skinny arms with two orange claws and flies with a pair of relatively small wings on its back. Its yellow upper body is a nearly perfect sphere and its waist is black and slender. A curved line on its back between its shoulders separates its thorax and waist. Vespiquen's orange face has intimidating red eyes, oversized, yellow, protruding mandibles, and a red gem on its forehead. The top portion of its head is similar to a headpiece with yellow and black horn-like projections, resembling a hairstyle historically favored by early medieval-period English queens. Vespiquen is a female-only species.

Vespiquen is a queen of a hive of Combee, controlling it and protecting it, as well as giving birth to young Combee. The Combee will defend their queen even to the point of death. A Vespiquen is far more powerful than its followers, and will only take action if its Combee are unable to protect the hive. It is known to skillfully command Combee in battle. The more pheromones Vespiquen produces, the more Combee it will have. If outsiders prove themselves to it by defending its hive, it may repay these acts of kindness with a reward. It feeds on flowers to make honey. It then uses it to bring up other Combee. Being a queen, it can command other Combee in order to use Attack Order, Defend Order, and Heal Order, her signature moves.

In the anime

Major appearances

Vespiquen debuted in An Angry Combeenation! as the ruler of a huge colony of Combee.

A Vespiquen appeared in A Trainer and Child Reunion!, under the ownership of Aaron. Vespiquen was used alongside Drapion during his power demonstration, but she was later temporarily captured by Team Rocket.

Minor appearances

A Vespiquen appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

A Vespiquen appeared in A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!, where she managed to scare Serena before being chased off by Fennekin's Ember.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Vespiquen in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

A Trainer's Vespiquen appeared in Bombastic Bibarel & Heroic Hippopotas.

A Vespiquen was used by a pair of Roughnecks on Iron Island in Vexing Vespiquen & Unmanageable Mothim I. It reappeared in a flashback in Cleaning Up Grimer.

A Vespiquen appeared in the Wild Area in the Sword & Shield arc.

In the TCG

Main article: Vespiquen (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon: A Vespiquen acts as the queen of Nectar Meadow, though she feels the title is more akin to a manager instead. She calls for her Beedrill and Combee subordinates to desist against the player, the partner, and Budew. She then gives Budew some Honey to give to her sickly mother, telling the baby Pokémon she doesn't need her payment.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Black	White	Poison Barb (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Poison Barb (5%)
Sword	Shield	Poison Barb (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM07 TM07 Pin Missile Bug Physical 02525 095}}95% 20 TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM16 TM16 Screech Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 40 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM23 TM23 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM31 TM31 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM33 TM33 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM34 TM34 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM37 TM37 Beat Up Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM40 TM40 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM42 TM42 Revenge Fighting Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM56 TM56 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM58 TM58 Assurance Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM59 TM59 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM73 TM73 Cross Poison Poison Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM74 TM74 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM77 TM77 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM78 TM78 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM95 TM95 Air Slash Flying Special 07575 095}}95% 15 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR21 TR21 Reversal Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 15 TR22 TR22 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR35 TR35 Uproar Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR54 TR54 Toxic Spikes Poison Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR60 TR60 X-Scissor Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TR61 TR61 Bug Buzz Bug Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR63 TR63 Power Gem Rock Special 08080 100}}100% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Vespiquen Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Vespiquen Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -4.5% IQ group: A
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Bug Poké Assist: Bug Field move: (Crush ×3) Browser entry R-060 It launches gooey blobs and poisonous needles to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Bug Poké Assist: (present) Flying Field move: (present) (Crush ×3) Poké Assist: (past) Flying Field move: (past) (Crush ×1) Browser entry R-193/N-207 It shoots stingers that make Pokémon Tired.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Battle Trozei Bug Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Bug Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #555 Stabilize+ Sometimes erases two of the foe's disruptions on the board.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 172 Base Attack: 149 Base Defense: 190 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Bug Bite, Poison Sting, Fury Cutter*, Air Slash* Charged Attacks: Bug Buzz, Power Gem, X-Scissor, Fell Stinger*

Evolution

Unevolved Combee  Bug  Flying

Level 21 (female) →

First evolution Vespiquen  Bug  Flying

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Vespiquen images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Vespiquen is tied with Togetic for the lowest base Speed stat of all Flying-type Pokémon.
  • Among all Pokémon to be the slowest of their respective types, Vespiquen (and Togetic) are the fastest.

Origin

Vespiquen is based on queen bees and beehives, along with a combination of real queens.

Name origin

Vespiquen is a combination of vespa (Latin for wasp and a genus of wasps, specifically hornets) and queen.

Beequen is a combination of bee and queen.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ビークイン Beequen From bee and queen French Apireine From apis and reine Spanish Vespiquen Same as English name German Honweisel From Honig and Weisel Italian Vespiquen Same as English name Korean 비퀸 Beequein Transliteration of Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 蜂后 Fēng Hòu Literally "Bee queen" Cantonese Chinese 蜂后 Fūng Hauh Literally "Bee queen"

More languages Russian Веспиквен Vespikven Transcription of English name Thai บีควิน Beequen Transcription of trademarked Japanese name

External links

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Pokémon

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